Van ECK Associates Corp Has $113.75 Million Stock Holdings in Welltower Inc. $WELL

Posted by Brian Himes on Aug 29th, 2026

Van ECK Associates Corp grew its stake in shares of Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL – Free Report) by 6.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 501,172 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 29,565 shares during the period. Van ECK Associates Corp owned about 0.07% of Welltower worth $113,751,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in Welltower by 7.1% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,185 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $527,000 after buying an additional 279 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC raised its holdings in shares of Welltower by 31.7% during the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 14,790 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,266,000 after acquiring an additional 3,564 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Welltower by 7.1% during the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,910 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $294,000 after acquiring an additional 127 shares during the period. Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Welltower by 7.3% in the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 10,871 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,671,000 after acquiring an additional 735 shares in the last quarter. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Welltower by 27.0% in the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 12,435 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,912,000 after purchasing an additional 2,641 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have issued reports on the stock. Mizuho boosted their target price on shares of Welltower from $239.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. KeyCorp lifted their price target on Welltower from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. Weiss Ratings lowered Welltower from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $260.00 price objective on shares of Welltower in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Barclays began coverage on Welltower in a research report on Tuesday, July 7th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $254.00 price objective for the company. Fourteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $246.11.

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Andrew Gundlach bought 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 25th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $239.47 per share, with a total value of $1,197,350.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 25,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,986,750. This trade represents a 25.00% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. 0.37% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Welltower Stock Down 0.9%

WELL stock opened at $237.51 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $235.54 and a two-hundred day moving average of $217.59. The company has a market cap of $171.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 108.95, a PEG ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 0.76. Welltower Inc. has a 12-month low of $163.75 and a 12-month high of $255.20. The company has a quick ratio of 3.16, a current ratio of 3.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.61 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.66 by ($0.05). Welltower had a net margin of 12.15% and a return on equity of 3.56%. The company had revenue of $3.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.40 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.28 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 39.1% on a year-over-year basis. Welltower has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.360-6.440 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Welltower Inc. will post 6.43 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Welltower Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 20th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 12th were paid a $0.85 dividend. This represents a $3.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. This is an increase from Welltower’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.74. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, August 12th. Welltower’s dividend payout ratio is presently 155.96%.

About Welltower

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Welltower Inc (NYSE: WELL) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires and manages real estate serving the health care industry. The company specializes in healthcare infrastructure, owning and operating a diversified portfolio of senior housing, post-acute and long-term care communities, and outpatient medical properties. Welltower’s assets are designed to support the delivery of health care services through a combination of leased properties, joint ventures, and other capital arrangements with health care operators and providers.

The company’s property types include assisted living, memory care, independent living and skilled nursing facilities, as well as medical office buildings and other outpatient-care real estate such as ambulatory surgery centers and specialty clinics.